Tool handle



W. H. STEVENS TOOL HANDLE. 7 APPLICATION FILED 050.23. 1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July ill, 1922.

Application filed December 23, 1920. Serial No. 432,859.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM IIATTON STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Hollidaysburg, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is designed to provide an improved handle for shovels, forks, picks and tools generally.

My improved handle is characterized by the combination of a metal core with a molded body.

In the preferred construction, a perforated steel core in tubular form is combined with paper or wood pulp which fills, surrounds and extends through the wall of the core, with the provision of a comparatively strong, light, inexpensive and efficient handle.

The invention is embodied in the handle set forth in the following description and the accompanying drawings in illustration thereof.

In the drawings, Fig. l is a side elevation of a handle embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an irregular sectional plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line i -4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5" of F ig. 2.

My improved handle, in the form thereof illustrated in the drawings, comprises a steel core 1 of tubular form with perforations 1 therein. The tube is formed of two sections joined on the longitudinal lines 1 which are connected together by the bolts or rivets passing diametrically therethrough and provided with the upset ends 2 engaging the exteriors of the respective tube sections. l Vhere, as in the form illustrated, a D handle is required, the top of the tube 1 has the expanded D sections l" joined along the edges 1 of the complementary parts and secured together by rivets 2.

The core sections are formed conveniently by stamping out, perforating and pressing 'sheet metal blanks to the desired forms.

The assembled core 1 is filled by a plastic substance, preferably fibrous and tenacious, adapted for providing a handle body of suit able weight, strength and durability, which can be made smooth and can be used without injuring the hands of workmen. lVood or paper pulp is a suit-able material for this purpose, it being applied in plastic form, forced into the core, molded to shape and finished to a smooth surface.

The molded body comprises the central part 3 which fills the tube 1 and the outer part 3 which encases it together with the parts 3 which extend through the perforations 1 from their integral connections with the arts 3 and 3.

} aving described my invention, I claim:

1. A shovel handle comprising a tubular metal core, in combination with a molded body filling and encasing said core.

2. A tool handle comprising a perforated tubular metal core, in combination with a molded body comprising a part filling and a part encasing said core, said filling and encasing parts being integrally connected through the perforations of the core.

3. A tool handle comprising a tubular metal body composed of sections joined along longitudinal lines of division, in combination with a molded body surrounding said core.

4. A tool handle comprising a tubular metal body composed of sections joined along longitudinal lines of division in combination with a molded body filling and surrounding said core.

5. A D handle comprising a hollow metal core having a tubular section and a D section in combination with a body molded, on said sections.

6. A D handle having a hollow and perforated metal core comprising tubular sections and i3 sections joined along longitudinal edges, in combination with a wood pulp body comprising a part filling said core and a part surrounding said core, said tilling and surrounding parts being integrally connected through said perforations.

7. A tool handle adapted to be used as a lever comprising a molded body of fibrous material and a metal core adapted for supporting said body throughout its length.

Signed at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, this 21st day of December, 1920.

WILLIAM HATTON STEVENS. 

